There’s a chinese takeout restaurant with a execlusive "No other Chinese restaurant within the same shopping center". But what is considered a Chinese Restaurant? Must be chinese to cook? Must have chinese writings? What is legally a chinese restaurant?
I don’t know what the legal definition of a Chinese restaurant is… except you would expect the type of food you would see in any Chinese restaurant – just look at their menu.
Now if you open a Japanese restaurant and served yakisoba (which is very similar to chow mein) and gyoza (which is similar to Chinese potstickers) is that a violation? It’s hard to say… to me they are legitimate Japanese dishes, but probably have ancient origins from China.
It would be up to the lawyers and a judge (if it goes that far) as to what is a Chinese restaurant.
From my example, I would think those two would be different even if they served a few similar dishes since they are serving legitimate dishes from their respective cuisines.